Blog Improvement Notice! - No, I'm not getting someone else to write the blog for me. I'm discontinuing the ability to post anonymously. That doesn't mean posts will be identifiable, only that to post a comment one will have to complete a short registration process, using a name or pseudonym.
My hope is that having to identify ourselves, even if it's with a pseudonym, will make us less inclined to carry on our conversations by calling each other names. (Read the posts, you know who you are.) If some don't understand, I'll give a couple of examples of what we're going for here:
Example 1) "I don't agree with that opinion, perhaps you were unaware of certain facts that I am privy to such as......" GOOD!
Example 2) "I don't agree with that opinion, perhaps you were unaware of certain facts that I am privy to you Clueless Moron!!" NOT GOOD!
It really is pretty simple, no? Have a great weekend, Sarasota.
My hope is that having to identify ourselves, even if it's with a pseudonym, will make us less inclined to carry on our conversations by calling each other names. (Read the posts, you know who you are.) If some don't understand, I'll give a couple of examples of what we're going for here:
Example 1) "I don't agree with that opinion, perhaps you were unaware of certain facts that I am privy to such as......" GOOD!
Example 2) "I don't agree with that opinion, perhaps you were unaware of certain facts that I am privy to you Clueless Moron!!" NOT GOOD!
It really is pretty simple, no? Have a great weekend, Sarasota.
posted by Michael McNees at 4:32 PM
4 Comments:
Good move Mike.
Dear sarasotaman - As you probably well know, I have never removed a single word from this blog because it was critical of me. You need only peruse the archives to see that.
I will say, right here in a public forum under my own name, that I think your disingenuous effort to undermine legitimate, constructive dialogue here is a bit pathetic. There must be places where that brand of negative energy is welcome, perhaps you could find one of those and go play there. If you want to call THAT censorship, then I plead guilty.
Sorry Sarasotaman, you're on your own with this conversation. Enjoy the rest of the weekend, I'm going outdoors.
Thanks SRQgirl, I think you're right. That kind of thing doesn't upset me as much as it get's a little tired - and tiring. I suppose that's just where some people are coming from.
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